BP Technology Validation Anchor

Enterprise Runtime Topology

bp Sphere is the finance runtime layer above systems of record and systems of execution. It operates across identity, security, context, policies, agents, evidence, replay, model routing, resilience, and enterprise systems without replacing SAP, Ariba, FSCM, BlackLine, Workiva, ServiceNow, MDG, Bottomline, UDP, Power BI, ECC, or S/4HANA.

Runtime Architecture Agent Inventory Technology Pack

Reference Users

127

Representative analysts, supervisors, controllers, FB&T leaders, and technology operators

Reference Agents

Finance, control, evidence, replay, forecast, credit, treasury, and platform agents

Adapter Contracts

Representative adapters now; BP production connectors during implementation

Reference Policies

342

Authority, SOX, cyber, approval, data-access, and AI-governance controls

Reference Decisions

18.4K

Generated, assisted, or governed decision-record shape

Runtime Posture

Validation

Representative topology with bounded degraded-mode design

Cost Index

0.72

Reference deterministic-retrieval and caching design metric

Recovery Target

Ready

Reference target: RTO 10 min · RPO 5 min

Runtime topology diagram

UsersIdentityPolicyEventsContextEvidenceAgentsAdapters

Users & Supervisors

Human accountability layer for analysts, supervisors, controllers, FB&T leaders, CFO, and administrators.

P2P AnalystControllerTreasury AnalystFB&T LeaderCFOSupervisor

Identity & Access Fabric

Authentication, authorization, role resolution, agent identity, token lifecycle, and secrets access.

Identity ProviderAgent RegistryRole ResolverSecrets ServiceToken ManagerAccess Policies

Policy & Governance Fabric

Runtime enforcement for authority, SOX, segregation of duties, compliance, AI governance, and write boundaries.

Policy RegistryApproval PoliciesSegregation of DutiesFinancial ControlsAuthority MatrixAI Governance Policies

Event & Signal Fabric

Receives enterprise events and turns them into normalized business signals that activate missions and agents.

SAP EventsAriba EventsBlackLine EventsDatabricks EventsManual EventsExternal Events

Context & Knowledge Fabric

Resolves enterprise meaning through ontology, graph relationships, glossary, vector retrieval, and history.

Enterprise OntologyContext ObjectsKnowledge GraphVector StoreBusiness GlossaryRelationship Resolver

Evidence Fabric

Builds trust through evidence packs, source traceability, document links, transaction lineage, and replay records.

Evidence PacksSource TraceabilityDocument LinksTransaction LineageDecision LineageReplay Records

Agent Runtime Fabric

Runs specialized agents through policy-gated tools, bounded autonomy levels, cost controls, and replay.

P2PO2CR2RTreasuryFP&AControl

Enterprise Object Fabric

Canonical business objects shared by agents, evidence, policies, decisions, actions, and replay.

InvoiceSupplierCustomerContractJournalAsset

Integration Adapter Layer

Adapter contracts emulate enterprise integrations in validation and connect to BP systems in production.

SAP ECC AdapterS4 AdapterCFIN AdapterAriba AdapterBlackLine AdapterDatabricks Adapter

Enterprise Systems

Systems of record remain the source of truth; bp Sphere operates above them as a decision and action runtime.

ECCCFINS4HANAAribaBlackLineDatabricks

BP Finance Runtime Operating Model

PreventStandardizeAutomateGovern

The BP atlases are explicit: remove avoidable work first, standardize the remaining variants, automate clean repeatable work, and govern material actions with evidence, policy, HITL, replay, and value attribution.

Latest platform capabilities now wired

Current runtime proof includes governed chat, WIIF assistant portability, token economy, fail-closed policy enforcement, deterministic replay, signed evidence, runtime seam adoption audit, learning promotion, autonomy demotion enforcement, shared case-state propagation, and observability readiness.

Capability	Status	Runtime proof	Surface / endpoint
Experience Orchestration Layer	Surface available	Shared decision objects render across desktop, mobile, and chat surfaces.	`/ui/mission/p2p, /ui/mobile-cockpit, /ui/enterprise-chat`
Governed Chat Interface	Surface available	Chat resolves role, mission, case, evidence, policy, action contract, replay, and feedback.	`/ui/enterprise-chat`
Workforce Intelligence Integration Fabric	Surface available	Assistant registry, connector packages, certification, compliance mappings, identity resolution, failover drills, and workforce coordination APIs.	`/ui/workforce-intelligence-fabric, /ui/assistant-operations-center`
Token Economy Control Plane	Surface available	LLM calls are routed, cached, denied, downgraded, or escalated before spend occurs; token value is attributed to decisions.	`/ui/ai-cost-usage, /api/iaf/decision-intelligence/token-economy/decision`
Guardrail Policy Engine	Surface available	Policy evaluation fails closed in production posture; non-fail-closed failures route to escalation instead of silent execution.	`/ui/policy-registry, /ui/control-plane`
Decision Replay + LLM Determinism	Surface available	Execution seed, prompt/context hash, evidence hash, policy version, and replay records are persisted and validated.	`/ui/decision-journey, /ui/single-decision-audit, /ui/decision-replay-studio`
Externally Verifiable Evidence	Surface available	Evidence bundles are signed with asymmetric verification and can be checked through the verify endpoint.	`/ui/evidence, /api/iaf/decision-intelligence/evidence/verify`
Runtime Adoption Audit	Endpoint available	Agents/workflows are audited for identity, policy, evidence, replay, value, token, and learning seam adoption.	`/api/iaf/decision-intelligence/runtime-adoption-audit`
Skill-Binding Learning Promotion	Endpoint available	Skill learning overlays require evidence, confidence, and runtime effect before promotion into runtime metadata.	`/api/iaf/decision-intelligence/skill-learning-overlays/{id}/validate`
Autonomy Demotion Enforcement	Endpoint available	Telemetry demotion guidance writes supervisory state, event logs, and owner review queue items.	`/api/iaf/decision-intelligence/autonomy/demotions/enforce`
Shared Case-State Propagation	Endpoint available	One case resolution updates analyst state, supervisor state, value records, replay reference, and CFO rollup readiness.	`/api/iaf/decision-intelligence/case-state/{case_id}/rollup`
Observability Readiness	Endpoint available, env-bound	Production telemetry posture exposes OTEL endpoint status, Prometheus/failure-mode surfaces, and SLO targets.	`/api/iaf/decision-intelligence/observability/readiness`

BP systems by tower · P2P

Sphere operates above these systems as the decision, evidence, policy, replay, and value layer. Systems of record remain the source of truth.

System	Status	Transition note
SAP Ariba PR / PO creation and supplier workflow	Strategic
SAP ECC Invoice posting across 12+ active instances	Live	HWG, WRC, PRC, WRO, PRO, PRI, WRI, PRL, PRE, PRV, PR4, WR4
JDE Castrol / C&P ERP outside near-term S/4 migration	Live
SAP S/4HANA Quantum future ERP target	Future	Castellon and Kwinana Q3 2026 wave
SAP VIM / OpenText Current invoice processing	Retiring
Appian Project Elevate Invoice automation extension	In-flight	MVP with 98 FTE benefit identified
ServiceNow Exception routing and ticketing	In-flight
SAP GRC / DofA SoD and authority matrix	Live
SAP MDG + Semarchy Vendor master governance	Strategic
Bottomline TMS Payment and treasury execution context	Strategic
UDP / Databricks / Power BI Analytics and control tower	Strategic

BP systems by tower · O2C

Sphere operates above these systems as the decision, evidence, policy, replay, and value layer. Systems of record remain the source of truth.

System	Status	Transition note
SAP FSCM Credit	Strategic
SAP ECC Billing and AR subledger across multiple instances	Live
BlackLine Auto Cash Matching Cash matching PoC and future automation seam	PoC
Aravo Customer KYC / CDD and discovery	In-flight
Appian / IBOAT O2C automation and workflow	Live
Process HQ Process intelligence	Live
SAP MDG + Semarchy Customer master remediation	Strategic
ServiceNow / Salesforce Chatbot Customer query and case surface	In-flight
SAP GRC + ServiceNow IRM Controls	Live
UDP / Databricks / Power BI AR analytics and tower reporting	Strategic

BP systems by tower · R2R

Sphere operates above these systems as the decision, evidence, policy, replay, and value layer. Systems of record remain the source of truth.

System	Status	Transition note
SAP ECC Current journal / close source	Live	~30k manual journals per quarter
SAP CFIN Central Finance harmonized truth	Live Jan 2026
SAP Group Reporting Group reporting future state	Live Apr 2026
SAP FCC / FBW Legacy close and reporting tools	Retiring
Workiva Statutory and reporting evidence	In-flight
BlackLine / LIBRA Reconciliation and intercompany	Strategic
Nakisa Lease accounting	Live	$14bn lease portfolio
SAP BTP / PaPM Auto-capitalization and allocations	Rolling out
SAP GRC + ServiceNow IRM Controls	Live

BP systems by tower · FP&A

Sphere operates above these systems as the decision, evidence, policy, replay, and value layer. Systems of record remain the source of truth.

System	Status	Transition note
SAP IBP Future planning	In-flight
SAP BPC Legacy planning and budgeting	Retiring
SAC Analytics and spend cube PoC	PoC
CFIN / Group Reporting Actuals source	Live
SAP BW + Power BI Current reporting	Transitioning to UDP

BP systems by tower · Treasury

Sphere operates above these systems as the decision, evidence, policy, replay, and value layer. Systems of record remain the source of truth.

System	Status	Transition note
Bottomline TMS Treasury management	Strategic
C&B Hub Cash and banking	Complete
ISO 20022 / CAMT.054 Banking and remittance standard	90% deployed
SAP S/4 Treasury Future treasury modules	Future
SAP FSCM Cash management	Live

BP systems by tower · MDM / Controls

Sphere operates above these systems as the decision, evidence, policy, replay, and value layer. Systems of record remain the source of truth.

System	Status	Transition note
SAP MDG SAP master data	Strategic
Semarchy Non-SAP master data	Strategic
SAP GRC Access and SoD	Live
ServiceNow IRM Controls tracking	Live
Aravo KYC / sanctions / CDD	In-flight

BP policy simulation backlog

The P2P and O2C atlases show that policy simplification and data-quality gates must come before autonomy. These simulations are the first executable candidates for the Policy Workbench.

P2P policy simulation

Widen PO tolerance from ±1% to ±3%

Current: ±1% tolerance creates avoidable normal price-variation exceptions.

Proposed: ±3% for Tier 1 and Tier 2 vendors covering roughly 70% of vendor base.

Expected impact: Eliminates roughly 15% of invoice exceptions with SAP ECC config and policy approval.

P2P policy simulation

Auto-GR for repeat contracted services

Current: Forgotten GR creates invoice failure and GRIR backlog.

Proposed: Auto-post GR at service-period end unless dispute raised within 48h.

Expected impact: Attacks a major source of GRIR backlog at source.

P2P policy simulation

Rationalize 40+ payment terms to five tiers

Current: Fragmented terms reduce DPO optimization and routing consistency.

Proposed: Net 30, Net 45, Net 60, Early Pay Discount, Immediate.

Expected impact: Supports working-capital optimization and simpler policy execution.

O2C policy simulation

Structured remittance before cash lands

Current: No remittance drives unidentified cash and manual matching.

Proposed: Request remittance 48h prior and mandate ISO 20022 / CAMT.054 for top customers.

Expected impact: Eliminates roughly 70% of unidentified cash at source.

O2C policy simulation

BPRR credit tier policy

Current: Periodic credit review consumes effort even for low-risk customers.

Proposed: BPRR 1-2 auto-renew, BPRR 3-4 annual review, BPRR 5+ event-triggered.

Expected impact: Removes a large share of low-risk credit review workload.

O2C policy simulation

Standardize deductions to 15 global categories

Current: Inconsistent reason codes cause manual investigation and ownership confusion.

Proposed: Finance, Sales, and Commercial ownership by category.

Expected impact: Reduces manual deduction investigation by roughly 60%.

BP value baseline by tower

Value attribution should roll up transaction -> case -> agent -> process -> tower -> location -> FB&T -> CFO.

BP value baseline · P2P

Effort Release	45-55% future-state reduction ambition.
Leakage Stopped	$139M annual duplicate exposure prevented at source.
Cash Unlocked	$200-300M working-capital opportunity plus DPO uplift.
Risk Reduced	50%+ risk reduction ambition through evidence, controls, and replay.

BP value baseline · O2C

Effort Release	41% manual cash application targeted for prevention, standardization, and automation.
Leakage Stopped	Deductions and write-offs moved to evidence-backed owner workflows.
Cash Unlocked	Unapplied cash reduction from $116M average and unidentified cash from $83M peak.
Risk Reduced	BPRR, IFRS 15, write-off, and credit override boundaries remain human-governed.

Agent Runtime Fabric

Click an agent to inspect identity, owner, version, permissions, policies, tools, connected systems, last decision, cost, and replay history.

Agent	Category	Status	Version	Owner	Risk	Autonomy	Last execution	Cost
Duplicate Invoice Agent	P2P	Active	v3.4	P2P Control Owner	High	Draft action	14:22	$0.018
Journal Risk Agent	R2R	Active	v2.9	Controller	High	Recommend	14:19	$0.026
Credit Exposure Agent	O2C	Active	v2.7	Credit Director	High	Human-approved	14:18	$0.031
Forecast Driver Agent	FP&A	Active	v4.1	FP&A Lead	Medium	Recommend	14:21	$0.024
Liquidity Intelligence Agent	Treasury	Active	v2.3	Treasurer	High	Draft action	14:22	$0.022
Control Assurance Agent	Control	Active	v3.0	SOX Owner	High	Block/escalate	14:23	$0.017
Replay Integrity Agent	Platform	Active	v1.8	Platform Owner	Medium	Read-only	14:24	$0.006

Enterprise Object Fabric

Click any object to show source lineage, ownership, freshness, evidence links, and replay relationships.

Integration Adapter Layer

Click an adapter. Every adapter declares purpose, production target, authentication type, access mode, sync, latency, and the validation caveat.

SAP ECC Adapter

Finance and procurement transactions